"I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant."

-Kobe Bean Bryant

"Basketball, unlike football with its prescribed routes, is an improvisational game, similar to jazz. If someone drops a note, someone else must step into the vacuum and drive the beat that sustains the team."

Man, whatever scrub center they find as a replacement won't give us what Pau did during the winning streak. This season is cursed. We don't get one chance to find chemistry and keep building on it. Not one. Who's going to take the shots away from Kobe now? Who will Kobe pass to? Robert Sacre?

Just woke up from a nap only to hear these damn news. Just when Pau was taking championship form again this HAD to happen. Of course it did, Lakers have got to be cursed this season there's no other explanation for this. MY GOSH! Time to prove yourself Dwight, Shaq didn't have a Pau Gasol on his team...

Just woke up from a nap only to hear these damn news. Just when Pau was taking championship form again this HAD to happen. Of course it did, Lakers have got to be cursed this season there's no other explanation for this. MY GOSH! Time to prove yourself Dwight, Shaq didn't have a Pau Gasol on his team...

Why can't people look at positives? This will emerge D12 as a more of a force and gives us a few options to add insurances via injury exception/small trade and it gives Clark more time to develop.... Gasol as good as he played the past few games was gonna become a shell of his former self when Howard eventually returned..... I believe small ball is gonna make this team dominate.

[quote="KareemTheGreat33"]Been disappointed in Gasol the past 3 years. But this is still a blow to our playoffs hopes, Jordan Hill's injury really killed us.[/quote]

Thisx100. If Pau would have went down and J. Hill would have been healthy, this wouldn't have been an issued. With Earl Clark's emergence, you would have enough depth at the 4/5 to get by with because of the activity on rebounding & defense both Earl & Hill would have brought.

On the flipside, Earl would have never have gotten the opportunity to show us what he has if J. Hill would have never gotten hurt. Either way, this hurts us this year and our playoff chances going forward this year. No doubt about that.

Going forward though, with Earl playing well & J. Hill coming back, I think Pau is expendable during the summer...

A foot specialist outlined how long it takes for people plantar fasciitis after a tear. Bad news for Pau Gasol“If it’s a one-thirds tear, within four to six weeks he should be okay,” said Dr. Robert Khorramian, a Santa Monica foot & ankle specialist. “If it’s a two-thirds tear, it would go much higher, possibly eight to 10 weeks. When there's over a two-thirds or a complete tear, we advise surgery. That takes 12 to 14 weeks.”

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A foot specialist outlined how long it takes for people plantar fasciitis after a tear. Bad news for Pau Gasol“If it’s a one-thirds tear, within four to six weeks he should be okay,” said Dr. Robert Khorramian, a Santa Monica foot & ankle specialist. “If it’s a two-thirds tear, it would go much higher, possibly eight to 10 weeks. When there's over a two-thirds or a complete tear, we advise surgery. That takes 12 to 14 weeks.”

A foot specialist outlined how long it takes for people plantar fasciitis after a tear. Bad news for Pau Gasol“If it’s a one-thirds tear, within four to six weeks he should be okay,” said Dr. Robert Khorramian, a Santa Monica foot & ankle specialist. “If it’s a two-thirds tear, it would go much higher, possibly eight to 10 weeks. When there's over a two-thirds or a complete tear, we advise surgery. That takes 12 to 14 weeks.”